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Period: 18th Century and Earlier
Saint Jerome, Antwerp, 16th century, circa 1550, cercle of Lambert Van Noort
Located in PARIS, FR
Saint Jerome in the desert
Cercle of Lambert Van Noort (1520-1571, Antwerp)
Antwerp School, mid-16th century
Oil on oak panel.
Dimensions: panel h. 69 cm (27.16 in), l. 52.5 cm (20.6...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Paris
Materials
Wood Panel, Oil
Jacopo Zanguidi Dit Bertoja (1544 - 1574) - Important 16th Century Drawing
Located in PARIS, FR
Jacopo Zanguidi BERTOJA (1544-1574)
Combat of five figures, bas-relief from the School of Athens after Raphael
Ink on paper
43×34cm
Interesting thing
According to Professor David E...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Paris
Materials
Ink
View of the Posillipo coastline near Naples by William Marlow (1740 - 1813)
By William Marlow
Located in PARIS, FR
In this drawing, inspired by his stay in Naples in 1765, William Marlow presents us with a view of Cape Posillipo, to the west of Naples, an essential stage during the Grand Tour. Th...
Category
1760s Old Masters Paris
Materials
Ink
Dog scratching its ear
Located in PARIS, FR
This amusing naturalistic sculpture in silver-plated pewter was probably made in the 17th century by Georg Schweigger. Inspired by a model created by another Nuremberg sculptor, Peter Flötner, it bears witness to the persistence during the baroque era of the naturalistic taste that emerged in the Renaissance. Intended as an ornament for some Kunstkammer, or cabinet of curiosities, this sculpture was a great success, as can be seen from the presence of similar works in many European museums.
1. Georg Schweigger
Georg Schweigger was a baroque sculptor and medal founder from Nuremberg, known mainly for his small-scale works in stone, carved wood and cast metal. His only large-scale work, the Neptune Fountain, has been in the Petershof Palace, the summer residence of the Tsars near St. Petersburg, since 1797. This monumental sculpture demonstrates his taste for the representation of movement, which we find in this small piece, inspired, as we shall see, by earlier models.
2. The success of a naturalistic theme
As is often the case in the history of art, the source of the Dog scratching his ear theme probably comes from an engraving, and more precisely from one made in Strasbourg in 1480 or in Aschaffenburg in 1481 by the Master of the Housebook, an anonymous engraver working in southern Germany at the end of the 15th century.
This engraving seems to have been Peter Flötner’s (1490 - 1546) source of inspiration. Peter Flötner was a sculptor and engraver who settled in Nuremberg in 1522. The Louvre Museum also has a gilded lead statuette dated between 1500 and 1515 (on deposit at the Musée de L'Œuvre in Strasbourg), which in turn is thought to have served as a model for other known statuettes.
This model was later taken up by the Frenchman Barthélemy Prieur...
Category
17th Century Naturalistic Paris
Materials
Marble, Silver
Study for « The Chinese Masquerade » by Jean-Baptiste Pierre (1714 - 1789)
By Jean-Baptiste Pierre
Located in PARIS, FR
Arriving in Rome in June 1735 as a resident at the Royal Academy, Pierre was unable to attend the Winter Carnival festivities of 1735, which he nevertheless immortalised in an engrav...
Category
1730s Old Masters Paris
Materials
Graphite
Saint George
By Adriaen Collaert
Located in PARIS, FR
Adriaen COLLAERT
Anvers 1560-1618
Saint George.
Eau forte.
Bon état de conservation, papier empoussiéré, tâches éparses sans atteinte au sujet, trace d’ancien montage, quelques plis de manipulations, un ancien pli diagonal dans le coin supérieur droit visible au dos. Epreuve sur papier vergé filigrané (briquet 5737). Cette œuvre est gravée d’après un dessin de Ioannes Stradanus (1523-1605), et éditée par Philippe Galle le beau-père de l’artiste. L’épreuve nous présente Saint Georges tuant le dragon, au premier plan, saint Georges, armé d’une épée et monté sur un cheval cabré, attaque le dragon, le feu émane de la bouche...
Category
16th Century Paris
Materials
Etching
Pair of ceremonial armchairs in carved and gilded wood
Located in Paris, FR
Pair of ceremonial armchairs in carved and gilded wood.
Fluted feet ending in lion's paws, richly carved crosspieces.
Late 18th Century.
This magnificent pair of armchairs with perf...
Category
Late 18th Century French Louis XVI Antique Paris
Materials
Wood
Samurai Helmet "Zunari Kabuto" - Early Edo (circa 1610)
Located in Paris, FR
Samurai Helmet "Zunari kabuto" with 3 black lacquered iron plates.
Japan, early EDO period, circa 1610.
Neck protector (shikoro), 5-strip hineno, laced brown, beige and green.
Centra...
Category
Early 17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paris
Materials
Iron
Albrecht Dürer - Saint Eustace
By Albrecht Dürer
Located in Paris, FR
Albrecht Dürer, Saint Eustace.
Wood engraving, 1501.
Signed with the monogram A.D (Albrecht Dürer)
Why not having on a wall a Masterpiece which is also a part of History?
Marie-Anto...
Category
16th Century German Renaissance Antique Paris
Materials
Paper
A rare French Louis XIV large pewter and fruitwood inlaid marquetry desk
By Pierre Gole
Located in PARIS, FR
A rare French Louis XIV large pewter and fruitwood inlaid marquetry desk called “bureau Mazarin” attributed to Pierre Gole (1620 – 1684)
Dimensi...
Category
Late 17th Century French Louis XIV Antique Paris
Materials
Bronze, Pewter
17th Century Antwerp Cabinet with Painted Panels Attributed to H. Van Balen
Located in PARIS, FR
This precious cabinet is one of the rare emblematic works of the city of Antwerp, produced in 17th century thanks to the collaboration between a painter and a cabinetmaker, and intended to adorn Kunstkammer (private museums) or art cabinets.
Our cabinet is decorated with 13 oil painted panels featuring mythological and allegorical subjects and perfectly reflects the Antwerp pictorial trend of the early 17th century. Definitely in the spirit of the times, where one of the roles of the kunstkammer (the room for which it is intended) is to be able to contemplate the world in all its aspects.
It opens with two doors revealing 10 drawers, 9 of which have painted panels on the front, a central door and an upper compartment, the interior of which is also decorated with a painted panel.
The left door depicts a subject from Roman mythology: Pomona and Vertumnus in the garden. The fruits and vegetables placed at the feet of Pomona evoke the allegory of summer and the abundance of nature.
While on the right door, under the airs of Venus and Love...
Category
Early 17th Century Belgian Louis XIII Antique Paris
Materials
Wood, Paint
Important Cabinet with Two Body in Blackened Wood Carved and Engraved
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
IMPORTANT CABINET WITH TWO BODY IN BLACKENED WOOD CARVED AND ENGRAVED
ORIGIN: FRANCE
PERIOD: 17TH CENTURY
Height: 188 cm
Width: 135 cm
Depth: 53.5 cm
Blackened wood and veneer: ...
Category
17th Century Antique Paris
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Pearwood, Rosewood
Bague jonc en or et diamant champagne 1.4 ct
Located in PARIS, FR
Bague jonc anglais en or 18k (750°/°°) sertie en son centre d'un diamant champagne pesant environ 1,4 ct. Travail probablement français des années 1970. Poinçon tête de hibou pour le...
Category
1770s European Antique Paris
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold
Christ in Boxwood, France, late 16th-early 17th century".
Located in PARIS, FR
Christ in Boxwood, France, late 16th-early 17th century
Beautiful corpse of Christ with missing arms.
He must have been on the Cross, arms in a horizontal position.
Great expressiv...
Category
Early 17th Century French Renaissance Antique Paris
Materials
Boxwood
Beheading scene in front of an enthroned king, probably a martyr scene
Located in PARIS, FR
Italian School
Around 1700
Beheading scene in front of an enthroned king, probably a martyr scene
Black pencil
21.5 x 28 cm
29.5 x 39 cm
Provenance: Fryszman collection, sale on 01...
Category
Early 18th Century Italian School Paris
Materials
Chalk
Bust Of A Woman In Profile, Sanguine On Paper, Signed And Dated
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas-André COURTOIS
Paris 1734-1806
Bust of a woman in profile
1791
Sanguine
Signed and dated lower left on the original mount
43.5 x 37 cm framed
19 x 25 cm
Category
Late 18th Century French School Paris
Materials
Chalk
Tapestry From Brussels Manufacture - Mid 17th Century - L2m40xh2m80 - N° 1375
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and
expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
Category
1650s French Aubusson Antique Paris
Materials
Wool, Silk
Dancing Couple (recto) Various sketches (verso)
By Hubert Robert
Located in PARIS, FR
Attributed to HUBERT ROBERT (Paris 1733 - 1808)
Dancing couple (recto) Various sketches (verso)
Red chalk and charcoal on the reverse
numbered in pencil “4229”
circa 1770
34 x 21 c...
Category
1770s Old Masters Paris
Materials
Paper, Chalk
The Foundation of Constantinople - Frencch Aubusson Tapestry 17th Cntury N 1381
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Paris, FR
On May 11, 330, Roman Emperor Constantine I inaugurated a new city in his name, Constantinople. It is a second imperial capital, a new Rome, located on the site of the ancient Greek ...
Category
17th Century French Aubusson Antique Paris
Materials
Wool, Silk
Pair Of Paintings On Marble, Rome, 18th C.
Located in PARIS, FR
Rare pair of paintings on black marble ( one more gray ), representing the Adoration of the Child by angels, the other The Virgin, the Child and Saint John the Baptist and the lamb n...
Category
18th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paris
Materials
Marble
Japanese porcelain blue and white Bowl, Japan , Arita Edo period, 18th Century
Located in PARIS, FR
This exquisite large Japanese porcelain bowl from Arita is in impeccable condition, boasting no signs of restoration. Its exterior showcases continuous karakusa scrolls inspired by t...
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Paris
Materials
Porcelain
Persian Jar 10th-14th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Four handle jar
Turquoise glazed earthenware storage jars of this type are an ancient form in the Gulf region.
Technical studies have now established ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Persian Islamic Antique Paris
Materials
Terracotta
Late 17th century portrait of a French princess, daughter of Louis XIV
By Pierre Gobert
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of Françoise Marie de Bourbon, Duchess of Orléans as Venus
A magnificent painting depicting the princess in all the splendour of her youth, Françoise Marie de Bourbon, known...
Category
Late 17th Century Old Masters Paris
Materials
Canvas, Oil
French school Drawing 18th Portrait Ténor SAINT AUBIN three chalks Paris Opéra
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century
Three pencils (pencil, red chalk, white chalk) on paper
27 x 18 cm (45 x 34 cm with frame)
Inscription at bottom “Saint-Aubin de l’Académie de musique”
Dated "1785"
Augustin d'Herbez known as "Saint-Aubin" was a tenor and member of the Royal Academy of Music...
Category
1780s Academic Paris
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Paper, Chalk
French Asymmetric 18th c. Rococo Frame, carved and gilded wood, circa 1735-40
Located in PARIS, FR
A circa 1735-40 stunning and idiosyncratic ‘wall furniture’ French asymmetric Rococo frame, with flowered swept sides and back, sumptuously carved with complex highly mouvementé
pro...
Category
1730s French Rococo Antique Paris
Materials
Wood
The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew, a preparatory drawing by Alessandro Casolani
Located in PARIS, FR
This powerful pen and brown ink wash drawing is a study for an altarpiece depicting The Martyrdom of Saint Bartholomew. Signed and dated 1604, it was painted at the end of his life b...
Category
Early 1600s Old Masters Paris
Materials
Pen, Ink
A set of 3 Kenjo-Imari porcelain
Dishes, Japan Edo Period, 18th century.
Located in PARIS, FR
A set of 3 Japanese porcelain Kenjo-Imari Dishes, Japan Edo Period, 18th century.
3 Imari octagonal porcelain dishes. Underglaze cobalt blue, enamels and gold.
The decoration in the ...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Paris
Materials
Porcelain
16th c. Flemish school - Holy family - workshop Pieter Coecke Van Aelst
Located in PARIS, FR
Holy family with an angel, workshop Pieter Coecke Van Aelst (Alost, 1502 - Bruxelles, 1550)
Faithful to the traditions of the late Gothic and early Renaissance, our painting depicts ...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Paris
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
French Greenery Tapestry Aubusson 18th century - 2m67Hx1m97L - N° 1386
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and
expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
Category
1750s French Aubusson Antique Paris
Materials
Wool, Silk
The Return of the Prodigal Son 17th Century Biblical Aubusson Tapestry - N° 1390
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Paris, FR
The Prodigal Son is one of the parables given by Jesus of Nazareth, also called the parable of the Lost Son or the Prodigal Son; He is sometimes called the Merciful Father, or the Found Son, or the parable of the Father and the two sons. It is related in the Gospel according to Luke 15:11–32, where it forms the last part of a trilogy, immediately preceded by the parables of the lost sheep...
Category
1670s French Aubusson Antique Paris
Materials
Wool, Silk
Allegory of four elements, pupil of Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678)
Located in PARIS, FR
17th century Antwerp school
Landscape, animals and stilllife by a pupil of Jan Brueghel the Younger (1601-1678)
Figures by a pupil of Frans Francken II
Oil on canvas: h. 52,5 cm, w. ...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Paris
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Abduction of the Sabine Women , a Renaissance drawing by Biagio Pupini
Located in PARIS, FR
This vigorous drawing has long been attributed to Polidoro da Caravaggio: The Abduction of the Sabine Women is one of the scenes that Polidoro depicted between 1525 and 1527 on the façade of the Milesi Palazzo in Rome. However, the proximity to another drawing inspired by this same façade, kept at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and to other drawings inspired by Polidoro kept at the Musée du Louvre, leads us to propose an attribution to Biagio Pupini, a Bolognese artist whose life remains barely known, despite the abundant number of drawings attributed to him.
1. Biagio Pupini, a Bolognese artist in the light of the Roman Renaissance
The early life of Biagio Pupini, an important figure of the first half of the Cinquecento in Bologna - Vasari mentions him several times - is still poorly known. Neither his date of birth (probably around 1490-1495) nor his training are known. He is said to have been a pupil of Francesco Francia (1450 - 1517) and his name appears for the first time in 1511 in a contract with the painter Bagnacavallo (c. 1484 - 1542) for the frescoes of a church in Faenza. He then collaborated with Girolamo da Carpi, at San Michele in Bosco and at the villa of Belriguardo.
He must have gone to Rome for the first time with Bagnacavallo between 1511 and 1519. There he discovered the art of Raphael, with whom he might have worked, and that of Polidoro da Caravaggio. This first visit, and those that followed, were the occasion for an intense study of ancient and modern art, as illustrated by his abundant graphic production.
Polidoro da Caravaggio had a particular influence on the technique adopted by Pupini. Executed on coloured paper, his drawings generally combine pen, brown ink and wash with abundant highlights of white gouache, as in the drawing presented here.
2. The Abduction of the Sabine Women
Our drawing is an adaptation of a fresco painted between 1525 and 1527 by Polidoro da Caravaggio on the façade of the Milesi Palace in Rome. These painted façades were very famous from the moment they were painted and inspired many artists during their stay in Rome. These frescoes are now very deteriorated and difficult to see, as the palace is in a rather narrow street.
The episode of the abduction of the Sabine women (which appears in the centre of the photo above) is a historical theme that goes back to the origins of Rome and is recounted both by Titus Livius (Ab Urbe condita I,13), by Ovid (Fasti III, 199-228) and by Plutarch (II, Romulus 14-19). After killing his twin brother Romus, Romulus populates the city of Rome by opening it up to refugees and brigands and finds himself with an excess of men. Because of their reputation, none of the inhabitants of the neighbouring cities want to give them their daughters in marriage. The Romans then decide to invite their Sabine neighbours to a great feast during which they slaughter the Sabines and kidnap their daughters.
The engraving made by Giovanni Battista Gallestruzzi (1618 - 1677) around 1656-1658 gives us a good understanding of the Polidoro fresco, allowing us to see how Biagio Pupini reworked the scene to extract this dynamic group.
With a remarkable economy of means, Biagio Pupini takes over the left-hand side of the fresco and depicts in a very dense space two main groups, each consisting of a Roman and a Sabine, completed by a group of three soldiers in the background (which seems to differ quite significantly from Polidoro's composition).
The balance of the drawing is based on a very strongly structured composition. The drawing is organised around a median vertical axis, which runs along both the elbow of the kidnapped Sabine on the left and the foot of her captor, and the two main diagonals, reinforced by four secondary diagonals. This diamond-shaped structure creates an extremely dynamic space, in which centripetal movements (the legs of the Sabine on the right, the arm of the soldier on the back at the top right) and centrifugal movements (the arm of the kidnapper on the left and the legs of the Sabine he is carrying away, the arm of the Sabine on the right) oppose each other, giving the drawing the appearance of a whirlpool around a central point of support situated slightly to the left of the navel of the kidnapper on the right.
3. Polidoro da Caravaggio, and the decorations of Roman palaces
Polidoro da Caravaggio was a paradoxical artist who entered Raphael's (1483 - 1520) workshop at a very young age, when he oversaw the Lodges in the Vatican. Most of his Roman work, which was the peak of his career, has disappeared, as he specialised in facade painting, and yet these paintings, which are eminently visible in urban spaces, have influenced generations of artists who copied them abundantly during their visits to Rome.
Polidoro Caldara was born in Caravaggio around 1495-1500 (the birthplace of Michelangelo Merisi, known as Caravaggio, who was born there in 1571), some forty kilometres east of Milan. According to Vasari, he arrived as a mason on the Vatican's construction site and joined Raphael's workshop around 1517 (at the age of eighteen according to Vasari). This integration would have allowed Polidoro to work not only on the frescoes of the Lodges, but also on some of the frescoes of the Chambers, as well as on the flat of Cardinal Bibiena in the Vatican.
After Raphael's death in 1520, Polidoro worked first with Perin del Vaga before joining forces with Maturino of Florence (1490 - 1528), whom he had also known in Raphael's workshop. Together they specialised in the painting of palace façades. They were to produce some forty façades decorated with grisaille paintings imitating antique bas-reliefs.
The Sack of Rome in 1527, during which his friend Maturino was killed, led Polidoro to flee first to Naples (where he had already stayed in 1523), then to Messina. It was while he was preparing his return to the peninsula that he was murdered by one of his assistants, Tonno Calabrese, in 1543.
In his Vite, Vasari celebrated Polidoro as the greatest façade decorator of his time, noting that "there is no flat, palace, garden or villa in Rome that does not contain a work by Polidoro". Polidoro's facade decorations, most of which have disappeared as they were displayed in the open air, constitute the most important lost chapter of Roman art of the Cinquecento. The few surviving drawings of the painter can, however, give an idea of the original appearance of his murals and show that he was an artist of remarkable and highly original genius.
4. The façade of the Milesi Palace
Giovanni Antonio Milesi, who commissioned this palace, located not far from the Tiber, north of Piazza Navona, was a native of the Bergamo area, like Polidoro, with whom he maintained close friendly ties. Executed in the last years before the Sack of Rome, around 1526-1527, the decoration of Palazzo Milesi is considered Polidoro's greatest decorative success.
An engraving by Ernesto Maccari made at the end of the nineteenth century allows us to understand the general balance of this façade, which was still well preserved at the time. The frescoes were not entirely monochrome, but alternated elements in chiaroscuro simulating marble bas-reliefs and those in ochre simulating bronze and gold vases...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Paris
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Pen
Flower Garland by Giovanni Stanchi, the most Flemish Italian flower painter
By Giovanni Stanchi
Located in PARIS, FR
This painting is reproduced in the reference book on Roman still life "Pittori di nature morta a Roma - artisti italiani 1630 -1750" by Gianluca and Ulisse Bocchi - Arti Grafiche Cas...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paris
Materials
Canvas, Oil
View of an Antique City, a wash landscape by Jan de Bisschop (1628 - 1671)
Located in PARIS, FR
The attribution to Jan de Bisschop has been confirmed by the RKD with the following comment: "We base this attribution on the dark washes, the subject represented and the monogram".
...
Category
17th Century Old Masters Paris
Materials
Ink, Pen
Adam and Eve in paradise, studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger, 17th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Studio of Jan Brueghel the Younger
17th century Antwerp school
Oil on oak panel, h. 37 cm, w. 49 cm
Tortoiseshell veneered baroque style frame...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Paris
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Cercle of Ambrosius Francken, Adoration of the shepherds, 17th century Antwerp
Located in PARIS, FR
Adoration of the shepherds,
Cercle of Ambrosius Francken,
Early 17th century Antwerp school
Oil on oak panel: h. 55 cm, w. 43 cm (21.65 in x 16.93 in)
17th c. ebonized and moulded f...
Category
Early 17th Century Old Masters Paris
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
Bouquet de Reine-Marguerite, Paveau, Anémone, Tulipe.
Located in PARIS, FR
Louis Marin BONNET
Paris 1736 † Saint Mandé 1793
Bouquet de Reine-Marguerite, Paveau, Anémone, Tulipe.
Gravure au pointillé d'après Carle, imprimée en couleurs au repérage. Trace de...
Category
18th Century Paris
Materials
Other Medium
Jean-Marc Nattier (1685 - 1766) - Portrait of Charlotte de Hesse-Rheinfels
By Jean-Marc Nattier
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean-Marc Nattier (Paris, 1685 - 1766) and his workshop
Portrait of Charlotte de Hesse-Rheinfels
Oil on canvas : h. 44.09 in, w. 38.19 in
18th century carved giltwood framed
Fra...
Category
1730s Old Masters Paris
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Nicolas de Largillière - Portrait of a Lady, Paris, circa 1695
By Nicolas de Largillière
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas de Largillière (Paris, 1656-1746)
Portrait of a lady, circa 1695
Oil on canvas (relined): 76 x 61 cm
Framed: h. 97 cm, l. 82 cm
To be included in the forthcoming catalogue ra...
Category
1690s Old Masters Paris
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Provoking Fidelity. 1775.
Located in PARIS, FR
Louis Marin BONNET
Paris 1736 † Saint Mandé 1793
Provoking fidelity. 1775.
Gravure en manière de crayon d'après Marc-Antoine Parelle (actif c.1766 - c.1774), imprimée en couleurs ave...
Category
1770s Paris
Materials
Other Medium
Le Rhinocéros "Miss Clara". Nashorn Rhinoceros. 1748.
By Johann Elias Ridinger
Located in PARIS, FR
Johann Elias RIDINGER
Ulm 1698 † 1767
Le Rhinocéros "Miss Clara". Nashorn Rhinoceros. "Anno 1748 im Monath May und Junio ist dises Nashorn Rhinoceros". 1748.
Eau-forte d'après un des...
Category
1740s Paris
Materials
Etching
Virgin of the Annunciation, Burgundy, early 15th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Virgin of the Annunciation
Burgundy, cercle of Claus de Werve (Haarlem? - Dijon, 1439)
Early 15th century
Walnut carved in the round
Hight: 60 cm
The Virgin Mary stands, her right ...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Medieval Paris
Materials
Walnut
French School, 18th Century, Portrait Of A Man Seen From Three Quarters, chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
French School - 18th century
Paris, Louis XV-Transition period
Portrait of a man seen from three quarters
Mid-18th century
Sanguine
40 x 29 cm
59 x 50 cm framed
Superb Transition pe...
Category
Mid-18th Century French School Paris
Materials
Chalk, Laid Paper
Les martyrs du Japon.
By Jacques Callot
Located in PARIS, FR
Jacques CALLOT
Nancy 1592 † 1635
Les martyrs du Japon.
Eau-forte originale. H167xL112mm. Coupée à la limite du trait carré à droite, au sujet en haut et à gauche, sous la lettre en ...
Category
17th Century Paris
Materials
Etching
Judith and Salome, a pair of oil paintings on canvas by Francesco Conti
Located in PARIS, FR
This widely referenced pair of paintings is one of Francesco Conti’s most successful productions. Francesco Conti is one of the finest painters of 18th-century Florence. In the shimmering colors typical of his best work, he represents two opposite characters from the Bible: the virtuous Judith, whose courage saves her people by cutting off the head of the invader Holofernes, and the depraved Salome, who under the influence of her mother becomes responsible for the beheading of the prophet John the Baptist.
The artist's talent lies in his ability to treat these two macabre subjects with a light touch, presenting us with two attractive women who seem to twirl with glee amidst the severed heads...
1. Francesco Conti, the “Florentine Tiepolo”
Francesco Conti is a major painter of the Florentine school of the 18th century; he can even probably be considered, along with Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (1692-1768), as one of the two main painters of the second quarter of the Florentine 18th century.
Born in Florence in 1682, Francesco Conti began his apprenticeship in the workshop of Simone Pignoni (1611 - 1698), a disciple of Francesco Furini; he was also influenced by the Venetian Sebastiano Ricci. A protégé of Marquis Riccardi, he accompanied him to Rome between 1699 and 1705, where he frequented Carlo Maratta's studio. He settled permanently in Florence in 1705.
Painted exclusively on canvas, the majority of his work consists of religious subjects, altarpieces or private devotional works. It is likely that Conti himself was a devout churchgoer, as evidenced by his affiliation, in the third decade of the eighteenth century, to the Society of the Disciples of Saint-John-the-Baptist, and his entry, at the end of his life, into the fraternity of the Venerable Society of the Holy Trinity.
In Florence, Conti worked for the Grand Duchy's major patrons, including the last Medici - in particular Giangastone and Annamaria Luisa, Electress Palatine - and confirmed his role as a reference painter under the Lorraine Regency, as master of the Public Drawing School, which was closely linked to the institute responsible for the manufacture of semi-precious stone mosaics, then located in the Uffizi complex.
Matteo Marangoni, an art critic of the early 20th century, praised his "brushwork full of elegance and true spirit of the 18th century", pointing out that Conti was "probably one of the best colorists" of the Florentine school of his time. These two characteristics led the art historian Paolo dal Poggetto to nickname him the "Florentine Tiepolo".
2. Judith and Salome, two biblical characters opposing each other
These two paintings form a pair presenting two biblical episodes, which have in common the depiction of a "heroine" carrying the severed head of a man.
While the Salome episode might at first appear to be an echo of the Old Testament story of Judith, each character is the exact opposite of the other. Judith, whose story is told in the Book of Judith, is a beautiful young widow from Bethulia who, accompanied by her maid, went into the camp of the invading Assyrians and won the confidence of Holofernes, the general commanding the enemy army. Invited to a great feast on the fourth evening, she took advantage of Holofernes' drunkenness to cut off his head. “She went up to the bedpost near Holofernes’ head, and took down his sword that hung there. She came close to his bed, took hold of the hair of his head, and said, “Give me strength today, O Lord God of Israel!” Then she struck his neck twice with all her might, and cut off his head. Next she rolled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the posts. Soon afterward she went out and gave Holofernes’ head to her maid, who placed it in her food bag...
Category
1710s Old Masters Paris
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Herminia and the Shepherds, a painting by Francesco de Mura (Napoli 1696 - 1782)
By Francesco de Mura
Located in PARIS, FR
In this masterly painting, Francesco de Mura presents the meeting of Herminia and the shepherds, a famous episode taken from the seventh canto of Torquato Tasso's Jerusalem Delivered...
Category
1760s Old Masters Paris
Materials
Canvas, Oil
A 16th century Renaissance North Italian marble heads of two puttis
Located in PARIS, FR
Lovely pair of heads of small cherubs carved in white Carrara marble.
The chubby faces adorned with admirable hair with abundant tight and deep curls with a quiff on the forehead.
Th...
Category
16th Century Renaissance Paris
Materials
Marble
Jacques Gamelin (1738-1803) Study After Raphaël, 1768, Black Stone White Chalk
Located in PARIS, FR
Jacques GAMELIN
Carcassone 1738-1803
Study after the triton of the Triumph of Galatea by Raphaël
1768
Black stone and light white chalk on blue paper
Signed and dated lower right
41...
Category
18th Century French School Paris
Materials
Chalk, Handmade Paper
Louis XIV and his army at the crossing of the Rhine by Adam-Frans van der Meulen
By Adam Frans van der Meulen
Located in PARIS, FR
Adam-Frans van der Meulen (Bruxelles, 1632 - Paris, 1690)
Louis XIV and his army at the crossing of the Rhine 12 June 1672
Signed A.F VANDERMEULEN at the right low corner
Oil on can...
Category
1670s Old Masters Paris
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Virgin and Child, Tyrol, 16th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Large wooden Madonna and Child, painted and carved in hollow at the back.
The theme of the Virgin and Child is the most represented in all Christian art, whereas the infancy of Jesus...
Category
16th Century German Renaissance Antique Paris
Materials
Wood, Pine
Flanders tapestry 17th century - Children's games - L3m55xH2m40 - No. 1367
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Aubusson Manufacture
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and
expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
Category
17th Century French Aubusson Antique Paris
Materials
Wool, Silk
French school late 18th Century, Portrait of a young man, oil on metal
Located in Paris, FR
French school late 18th Century
Portrait of a young man
oil on metal
10.2 x 7.7 cm
Framed under glass : 24.4 x 21.8 cm
This small portrait painting, quite original in its technique...
Category
Late 18th Century Old Masters Paris
Materials
Oil
Canopy Bed in Hammered and gilded wrought iron
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
CANOPY BED IN HAMMERED AND GILDED WROUGHT IRON
ORIGIN: SPAIN
PERIOD: 16TH CENTURY
Height: 270 cm
Length: 152 cm
Depth: 240 cm
(Base: H. 206 cm; W. 148 cm)
Hammered and gilded...
Category
16th Century Spanish Renaissance Antique Paris
Materials
Wrought Iron
French Aubusson greenery Tapestry 17th century - L2m13xH1m78 - No. 1373
By Royal Manufacture of Aubusson
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and
expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
Category
1650s French Aubusson Antique Paris
Materials
Wool, Silk
Large Neoclassic Chandelier in Ostankino Palace style, blue crystal , 18 lights
By Johann Zech
Located in Paris, FR
One of the most elegant exemple of Baltic-style large Palace Chandelier. Fountains crystal falls respond harmoniously to fire gilt bronze leaves and graceful cobalt blue central vase...
Category
1790s Baltic Directoire Antique Paris
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
Portrait of count Evreux, French, 18th c. studio of Hyacinthe Rigaud, circa 1705
By Hyacinthe Rigaud
Located in PARIS, FR
Portrait of Henri-Louis de la Tour d'Auvergne, Comte d'Evreux
Studio of Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743)
Early 18th century French school, circa 1705
Oil on canvas
Dimensions: h. 72 cm, ...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Paris
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Pair of cereriferous angels, Flanders, 17th c.
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful pair of ceraferous angels sculpted in the round in a very lively position (the movement in the hair is remarkable), almost Baroque.
Very fine execution of the plastron armo...
Category
17th Century Dutch Baroque Antique Paris
Materials
Oak
Very large pair of armchairs, Italy, Tuscany, 17th c.
Located in PARIS, FR
Exceptional pair of armchairs, in carved wood, decorated with acanthus leaves and volutes, the armrests ending in lions' heads, the footrests in dolphins' heads.
Traces of "a mecca" ...
Category
Early 17th Century Italian Baroque Antique Paris
Materials
Giltwood
Medieval enthroned Virgin and Child Sedes Sapientiae acephalic granit sculpture
Located in Norwich, GB
They may be damaged and battered, but real historic objects will always give you a sense of awe. Can you sense it, looking at this ancient carved granite which depicts, as it is call...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Medieval Paris
Materials
Granite
Japanese landscape pine kobako box Edo period 18th century
Located in PARIS, FR
Rectangular black and gold lacquer kobako box decorated with pine trees in a mountain landscape in takamaki-e, kirigane and hiramaki-e lacquer. Background in nashi-ji lacquer. Surmou...
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Paris
Materials
Gold